Transferred to Camas

Jesus is the best, I have seen my testimony of him grow so much these last few weeks as I have made the Book of Mormon the first thing I study in my personal studies, my understanding of it's complex timeline, and map has been somehow easier when I study with prayer, and testifying of it is easier when I speak boldly of what it proves and refutes, I somehow am at a less of a loss for words when I explain it, and this is ALL because I have made it crucial to my mission as a Book of Mormon missionary to have a true conversion to the Book of Mormon.

I hope all of you understand that each page testifies or teaches his principles, we play Book of Mormon Baseball where you open to a random page, have the other person tell you which, and which column, and which verse, and you have to read it, teach with it, testify with it and invite. And I use it EVERY time I have to teach missionaries why faith is important, because I have faith that I will never end up in the war chapters jk but FR we use it all the time proving it testifies of Jesus Christ, and NOT "john smith and his 12 Tabernacle choirs" or whatever.

I moved areas, this is a summary of the week.  My companion is Elder Worthington from the CCM and we are in Camas, WA pronounced Cam (like camel) and Mas like christmas Ca-mas.  It is a very nice area of WA.

English Class bro was teaching fricatives  (forms of making noise - like th or ch sounds)

Idaho Falls Friends - Grummert (HHS) Zollinger (Skyline)

Uno my first night here (I was close to flipping the table in spanish)

Bit, Blinded, Burned & Basketball

Is there a "have the longest/fakest week ever competition"??? Because I would be the world champion in that FR.

YES I GOT BIT BY A DOG, but my epic very handsome Elder Companion threw some metal sheeting at it like captain america and hit it in the head. It survived, don't worry.

I ALSO WENT BLIND it was temporary though, don't worry mom, we were warming up for this college basketball game and a half court shot went off the rim right into my face as I was working on my layoffs or whatever you call them (IDK how to play basketball,) we were challenged 6 days ago and pulling 20+ to church was on the line), so that's what my week consisted of.

Early morning basketball practice

Lunch hour basketball practice

Dinner hour basketball practice

After finding time basketball practice

It was worth it! We lost by 20 but I shot for 100% (1 for 1 lol) and my companions shot for like 70 combined points

I BURNED through my first pair of shoes.  You know it is bad when the MP tells you, "it is time." Whoops.

Hope this upcoming week is less on my body.

Sincerely, 

Elder Lucas Witte

Me moments after disaster, but before we put up 80 points against the community college that challenged the YSA elders.

Heavenly Hoopsters

Real

Weekly Planning (with snacks)/ Teaching me basketball

Chastised by the Spirit (Mission President)

 We went on splits and I finally got to go back to an old area of mine, the missionaries that are there now are both new and it was cool being able to give them advice, and show them myself, the 2 highlights definitely are:

1. This one bro left his house to drunkenly stumble down the street to the store, he recognized me and said we could head down to his house for some Modelo, so we went to his house and for the day and to my and my companions surprise/terror -- I just opened the door, to a giant celebration! (they weren't celebrating an event, just another day in their life.) The humility and gratefulness of Latinos is unmatched. I often catch myself praying for hoops to be jumped through. But every time we have our friends pray, its for nothing more than

Health, family, and money (and sometimes papers.) LOL

2. Mothers day in Mexico is Saturday, and American mother's day is on the Sabbath, so we went to a party in this old area and all the members, friends that got baptized, and others that remembered me were so hype! It was a lovely celebration and we finally got to eat and take pictures! 

President Eyring taught that motherhood goes back to foreordination, they must live by so many Christlike attributes and are trusted with one of the many key parts of the plan of salvation, shout out to my lovely mother who is an excellent example and has sacrificed so much for the success of me and my siblings, you the goat FR mom!

Sincerely, 

Elder Lucas Witte

Legendary mothers day fiesta

Yeah I forgot the context of this pic

Te amo (y te extraño TANTO) mama 

Mt St Helens on a clear day is visible from MILES away.

Nature : Changed

 Excellent week TBH in all the categories that matter (our efforts and def not our numbers) we worked like dawgs and got fed like it too. (pictures below)

I don't know if I've sent this out in an email before but I've definitely put my thoughts into words before: I used to think that my attraction to the love of teaching the restoration first nearly every time was because of my competitive and contentious nature, but something my companions have pointed out is that the way I've been able to speak with reverent authority about my favorite topics, as opposed to me inviting the spirit to leave with my tone or word choice. We had a zone conference about the power of the Restoration in Conversion. The Book of Mormon is the most powerful tool in the whole world. And I have come to truly learn that and use it, too.

I know that Joseph Smith could not have written the Book of Mormon. A fraud cant invite the spirit the way I've seen it be brought into our friends homes, maybe this is going back to me being argumentative or debate-alicious but the best evidence we bring to every discussion is the miracle, the gift, the WORD of GOD. He translated the spiritual experience maker 9000 and I am so so grateful for it, for real,  AMEN 

Love you all! 

Sincerely, 

Elder Lucas Witte

5 de mayo festival last night = excellent finding line

Chilaquiles

Companion got his hair cut mid video lesson about venezuela was actually fire